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Petrographic Descriptions (Select a sample)
| Sample No.: | GRA 06101 |
| Location: | Graves Nunataks |
| Field No.: | 17932 |
| Dimensions (cm): | 19.5 x 14.0 x 9.0 |
| Weight (g): | 3555.0 |
| Meteorite Type: | CV3 Chondrite |
Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
40% pitted and fractured black fusion crust covers the exterior. Areas without fusion crust are gray with a coarse grained texture. Some rusty areas and abundant light colored inclusions/chondrules are visible. The interior is a coarse grained gray matrix with abundant white and gray inclusions/chondrules. Some areas are weathered and rusty.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The section exhibits large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa1-23 and pyroxenes from Fs0-1. The meteorite is an unequilibrated carbonaceous chondrite, probably a CV3.
Thin Section Images
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Cross Polarized Light GRA 06101 |
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